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Bill: Cabinet Proposal Reform Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: People's Power Party
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This bill asks for an amendement to the Constitution. It will require two-thirds of the legislature to vote in favor. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: July 2672
Description[?]:
| Only the President should propose the nation's cabinet. It is their job to lead and they should be allowed to work with individuals they are comfortable with. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The constitutional right and responsibility to propose a cabinet to the legislature.
Old value:: Each party can propose a cabinet coalition.
Current: Only the largest party can propose a cabinet.
Proposed: Only the Head of State can propose a cabinet coalition.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 04:21:56, November 27, 2008 CET | From | New Republic Party | To | Debating the Cabinet Proposal Reform Act |
| Message | I beg you not to pass this law. This amendment grossly undermines our constitution, namely aritical ten, which states: (1) The opposition parties shall play a constructive role to ensure that the government and the ruling parties function in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution, provide good governance and strive to promote national interest and fulfil the aspirations of the people. Their aim must be to make the Government responsible, accountable and transparent. (2) The opposition parties shall have the right to oppose the elected Government and to question the Government�s conduct of public business. |
| Date | 04:26:51, November 27, 2008 CET | From | New Republic Party | To | Debating the Cabinet Proposal Reform Act |
| Message | By taking away our right to propose a cabinet, you are taking away our right to participate, oppose, and question the elected government. This is borderline tyranny. Please, don't pass this to selfishly expand your own powers. Think of our posterity. Zachary L. Richardson, Chairman of the New Republic National Committee |
| Date | 17:15:10, November 27, 2008 CET | From | People's Power Party | To | Debating the Cabinet Proposal Reform Act |
| Message | While itisthejob of opposition parties to ensure the runningof an effective government, they don't need to bepart ofthe cabinet to do so. They are considered the "Opposition" because they aren't part of the partiesin power. Only the President, who more often than not is a member of the majority party, should propose a cabinet. It is the job of non-cabinet parties to construcitvely oppose the majority until they become the majority. Once they are the majority they have a right to form a cabinet of their choosing rather than being stuck with a cabinet that was formed by opposing parties with opposite ideologies. |
| Date | 17:16:03, November 27, 2008 CET | From | People's Power Party | To | Debating the Cabinet Proposal Reform Act |
| Message | While itisthejob of opposition parties to ensure the runningof an effective government, they don't need to bepart ofthe cabinet to do so. They are considered the "Opposition" because they aren't part of the partiesin power. Only the President, who more often than not is a member of the majority party, should propose a cabinet. It is the job of non-cabinet parties to construcitvely oppose the majority until they become the majority. Once they are the majority they have a right to form a cabinet of their choosing rather than being stuck with a cabinet that was formed by opposing parties with opposite ideologies. |
| Date | 17:16:04, November 27, 2008 CET | From | People's Power Party | To | Debating the Cabinet Proposal Reform Act |
| Message | While itisthejob of opposition parties to ensure the runningof an effective government, they don't need to bepart ofthe cabinet to do so. They are considered the "Opposition" because they aren't part of the partiesin power. Only the President, who more often than not is a member of the majority party, should propose a cabinet. It is the job of non-cabinet parties to construcitvely oppose the majority until they become the majority. Once they are the majority they have a right to form a cabinet of their choosing rather than being stuck with a cabinet that was formed by opposing parties with opposite ideologies. |
| Date | 17:16:05, November 27, 2008 CET | From | People's Power Party | To | Debating the Cabinet Proposal Reform Act |
| Message | While itisthejob of opposition parties to ensure the runningof an effective government, they don't need to bepart ofthe cabinet to do so. They are considered the "Opposition" because they aren't part of the partiesin power. Only the President, who more often than not is a member of the majority party, should propose a cabinet. It is the job of non-cabinet parties to construcitvely oppose the majority until they become the majority. Once they are the majority they have a right to form a cabinet of their choosing rather than being stuck with a cabinet that was formed by opposing parties with opposite ideologies. |
| Date | 17:16:48, November 27, 2008 CET | From | People's Power Party | To | Debating the Cabinet Proposal Reform Act |
| Message | OOC: sorry about the repeated response. my browser messed up bad. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |
| yes |
Total Seats: 117 | |
| no |
Total Seats: 96 | |
| abstain |
Total Seats: 86 |
| Random fact: Don't put "the" as the first word in your party name, because when parties are referred to in news reports, their names are preceded with "the", e.g. the [Socialist Party] has lost. |
| Random quote: "Education: the inculcation of the incomprehensible into the indifferent by the incompetent." - John Maynard Keynes |